Welcome to Honeycutt ...
Honeycutt is located in Hawkins County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Honeycutt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.
Honeycutt is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Honeycutt lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Honeycutt: 423
Communities Also Named Honeycutt ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Honeycutt - it's located in North Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Honeycutt.
Communities near Honeycutt ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Honeycutt.
- Greeneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Church Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Church Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Church Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Hill <3>
- Mount Carmel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolton Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Forest Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Forest Hills is located in Greene County
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Trent Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trent Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Waycross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waycross have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Tusculum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tusculum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Tusculum is located in Greene County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Honeycutt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Honeycutt.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Honeycutt. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Honeycutt.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Honeycutt. See our Newspapers Page for Honeycutt.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honeycutt ...
Looking for more information about Honeycutt? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Honeycutt, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Honeycutt.
Adding Honeycutt to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Honeycutt in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Honeycutt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Honeycutt post office opened in 1914.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Honeycutt.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hawkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Honeycutt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |